Essays and feature articles about games and game culture. Including experimental game reviews and other unconventional freeform writings
Pay-to-win is a problematic phenomenon for games where you can purchase power. This brief analysis of the monetization of Dead by Daylight explores the unfair nature of its monetization.
What can game developers learn from the most horrifying Let’s Play on the net?
Does videogame music matter or is it just there to fill the silence?
Can sports-themed video games be beneficial in real life sports? Can it develop the players’ intelligence in real life as well? Let’s find out.
The evolution of this monolithic MMO has not been without hitches, and it might have an issue of identity.
Being an ordinary gamer, I am by no means a wizard with servers and operating systems. Regardless, I tackled the problem of hosting a Terraria server around the clock and wrote my thoughts about all of the hassle.
How can games challenge us? Here I discuss three different types of challenges: Problem solving, mechanical actions, and social interaction.
From changing the analog sticks to back buttons, doing anything it takes to win.
Develop your city from a humble village to a bustling metropolis in this colorful, smoothly running city simulator.
Considering accessibility in the video game domain is a contemporary movement that seeks to make games more inclusive. Yet, there are plenty of obstacles in its way.
Who are the last two to get Super Smash Bros Ultimate Fighters Pass invite? There are some possible patterns and my wishlist!
The PlayStation 5 is a noticeable improvement from the previous generation. Higher framerates and a sublime controller lead the pack of new features to make console gaming smoother than ever.
There are more games than ever to play, yet I struggle to find the good ones to play. Here I explore some of the reasons why.
What better way for a king to spend his time than at dinner with loyal subjects?
Given unlimited time, I might eventually run a well-planned Dungeons and Dragons RPG session.
Shadow of War attempts to make Shadow of Mordor bigger and better in every way. But the result feels more inflated than improved.
From silly to serious ESA Marathon provides great videogame speedrunning entertainment for charity !
Playing cooperative games with your significant other is fun, and it can also reveal things about your partner that otherwise wouldn't surface in the daily grind.
